diff --git a/vmcreate1.sh b/vmcreate1.sh
index 3e456d1..81ae5c5 100644
--- a/vmcreate1.sh
+++ b/vmcreate1.sh
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ keypair_generate (){
     pubkey="$privkey".pub
 }
 
+mksnippet (){
+    cp ./user.yaml ${path}${vmnum}_user.yaml
+    sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$hostname/g" ${path}${vmnum}_user.yaml
+    if [[ -v $username ]];
+        then sed -i "s|user: root|user: ${username}\nsudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL|"
+    
+}
+
 for line in $(cat hosts.tmp)
 do
     ip=$(echo $line | cut -d ' ' -f 1)
@@ -162,10 +170,7 @@ do
         fi
     qm set $vmnum --tags 3,gfx
     ## preparing custom CloudInit snippets
-    cp ./user.yaml ${path}${vmnum}_user.yaml
-    sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$hostname/g" ${path}${vmnum}_user.yaml
-    if [[ -v $username ]];
-        then sed -i "s|user: root|user: ${username}\nsudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL|"
+
     qm resize $vmnum scsi0 +50G
     qm set $vmnum --cicustom "user=${storage}:snippets/${vmnum}_user.yaml"
     qm set $vmnum --ipconfig0 ip=$ip/24,gw=10.10.35.1